Cross-sectional studies US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Cross-sectional studies with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Cross-sectional studies Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Are cross-sectional surveys useful for measuring incidence and/or prevalence? _____
Answer: Prevalence
Flashcard 2: Prevalence is _____ to incidence for short duration disease (e.g. chronic cold)
Answer: similar
Flashcard 3: What type of study uses subjects as their own controls?_____
Answer: Crossover studies
Flashcard 4: For a short duration disease, how are prevalence and incidence related? _____
Answer: Prevalence ~ Incidence
Flashcard 5: A meta-analysis improves the strength of evidence and _____ of study findings
Answer: generalizability
Flashcard 6: What is the ANOVA test used for? (biostatistics)
Answer: Compare means of three or more groups.
Flashcard 7: prevalence (epidemiology)
Answer: # existing cases/population at risk ...at a discrete point in time
Flashcard 8: meta-analysis (epidemiology)
Answer: Study that pools data from other studies and analyzes them in aggregate to achieve greater statistical power
Flashcard 9: incidence (epidemiology)
Answer: # new cases/population at risk ...over a specified time period (i.e. a compound rate)
Flashcard 10: What kind of study compares one group of people with disease to another group of people without disease and looks for an exposure or risk factor that explains the difference?
Answer: Case-control study
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